0 

/ 

1 

1 

1 

9 

^^S^  ■< 

2 

r 


k 


3(e 


uey 


KW</wv^^' 


T 


crV.^y^icr/^^^C/^iAe^ri^ 


C^'imferat^  x^  iSo/Mrrua/ 


rue  "BOOK^  OF  ths 
CLVB 


^^ 


Printed  at  Oxford  in 

the  University  Press  by  Horace  Hart 

Printer  to  the  University 

at  the  direction  of 
the  Yale  University  Press 


\003 

OFFICERS  AND  COMMITTEES 

a: 

X  President 

13  William  Lyon  Phelps 

Vice-President 
g^      Frederick  Wells  Williams 

Librarian 
Andrew  Keogh 


jlssistant  Librarian 
Aaron  Augustus  Vanderpoel 

Secretary 
Julian  Cornell  Biddle 

Treasurer 
Hewette  Elwell  Joyce 


Board  of  Governors 

William  Lyon  Phelps,  chairman 
Alexander  Humphrey  Beard 
Robert  Lincoln  Campbell 
George  Parmly  Day 
Andrew  Keogh 
William  Siebert  Lambie 
William  Pitt  McCune 
Alexander  Campbell  Tener 
Frederick  Wells  Williams 


House  Committer 

William  Pitt  McCune,  chairman 
Philip  Skinner  Platt 
Aaron  Augustus  Vanderpoel 


Committee  on  Atimissioris 

Chauncey  Brewster  Tinker,  chair- 
man 
John  Chester  Adams 
Cyril  Brown,  clerks 
Harry  Cushing  Piper 
Allan  Shelden 
Alexander  Campbell  Tener 

Entertainment  Committee 

Edward  Bliss  Reed,  chairman 
Wilbur  Cortez  Abbott 
Henry  Seidel  Canby 
Daniel  Grant  Tomlinson 


CONSTITUTION 

ARTICLE  I 
Name  and  Location 
The  name  of  this  Club  shall 
be  The  Elizabethan  Club  of 
Yale  University,  and  it  shall  be 
located  in  the  City  and  County 
of  New  Haven,  and  State  of 
Connecticut. 

ARTICLE  U 

Purpose 

The  object  of  this  Club  shall 
be  the  promotion  among  its 
members  and  in  the  community 
of  a  larger  appreciation  of 
literature  and  of  social  inter- 
course founded  upon  such  ap- 
preciation. 


Constitution 


ARTICLE  III 

Officers  and  Committees 

The  officers  of  this  Club  shall 
be :  a  President,  a  Vice-Presi- 
dent, a  Librarian,  a  Secretary, 
a  Treasurer,  and  a  Board  of 
Governors.  There  shall  also  be  a 
House  Committee,  a  Committee 
on  Admissions,  and  an  Entertain- 
ment Committee. 


ARTICLE  IV 

President  and  Vice-President 

Section  i.  The  President  shall 
be  elected  for  a  term  of  two 
years,  and  shall  be  ineligible  for 
re-election  until  at  least  a  fiir- 
ther  two-year  period  shall  have 


Constitution  9 

elapsed.  He  shall  be  chosen 
from  the  so-called  Graduate  or 
Faculty  members  of  this  Club, 
and  shall  preside  at  all  meetings 
of  the  Club  and  of  the  Board 
of  Governors,  of  which  body  he 
shall  be  a  member  ex  officio.  In 
the  absence  of  the  President,  the 
Vice-President  shall  preside  at  all 
meetings  of  the  Club,  and  in  the 
absence  of  both  the  meeting  shall 
elect  its  presiding  officer.  In  the 
absence  of  the  President  from  a 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Gover- 
nors, that  body  shall  elect  its 
presiding  officer. 

Section  2.  The  Vice-President 
shall  be  chosen  from  either  the 
Graduate,  Faculty,  or  Under- 
graduate members  of  the  Club 
for  a  term  of  one  year,  and  shall 
be  eligible  for  re-election  for  a 
further  one-year  period  only. 


lo        Constitution 

ARTICLE  V 
Librarian 

Section  i .  The  Librarian  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Boardof  Gov- 
ernors after  consultation  with 
theLibrarian  of  YaleUniversity, 
for  two  years,  and  shall  be  eligi- 
ble for  reappointment.  He  shall 
be  chosen  from  the  Faculty  or 
Graduate  members  or,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Board  of  Gov- 
ernors, from  outside  the  mem- 
bership of  the  Club.  In  the 
latter  case,  he  shall  at  the  earliest 
possible  date  following  his  ap- 
pointment be  elected  a  Faculty, 
Graduate,  or  Honorary  Member, 
and  in  the  last  event  shall  be 
eligible  to  continue  to  hold  the 
office  of  Librarian  during  the 
pleasure  of  the  Board  of  Gover- 


Constitution        1 1 

nors.  He  shall,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Board  of  Governors 
and  under  regulations  made  by 
them,  have  entire  charge  and 
control  of  the  care  and  purchase 
of  prints,  pictures,  works  of  art, 
books,  periodicals,  manuscripts, 
and  newspapers,  and  shall  with 
the  co-operation  of  the  officers 
and  House  Committee  enforce 
the  rules  for  the  safeguarding 
and  protection  thereof.  No  pic- 
ture, work  of  art,  or  book  shall 
be  purchased  or  deposited  in  the 
Club  House  without  the  approval 
of  the  Librarian,  and  none  shall 
be  sold  or  removed  from  the 
Club  House  without  his  approval 
and  the  consent  of  the  Board  of 
Governors.  The  Librarian  must 
be  a  resident  of  New  Haven  and 
shall  preferably  be  connected 
with  Yale  University. 


1 2         Constitution 

Section  2.  The  Librarian  may 
with  the  approval  of  the  Board 
of  Governors  appoint  curators 
or  assistants  to  help  him  in  his 
work. 

ARTICLE  VI 
Secretary 

The  Secretary  shall  be  chosen 
from  the  Undergraduate  mem- 
bers of  this  Club  for  a  term  of 
one  year.  He  shall  give  notice  of 
all  meetings  of  the  Club  for  the 
transaction  of  business  at  least 
a  week  previous  thereto,  and 
shall  be  ex  officio  a  member  of 
the  Committee  on  Admissions. 
He  shall  under  the  direction  of 
the  President  conduct  the  corre- 
spondence of  the  Club.  He  shall 
notify  persons  elected  to  mem- 
bership of  their  election,  keep 
a  list  of  members  of  the  Club, 


Constitution  1 3 

and  advise  the  Treasurer  of  the 
election  of  members. 

ARTICLE  Vll 
Treasurer 

The  Treasurer  shall  be  chosen 
from  the  Undergraduate  mem- 
bers of  the  Club  for  a  term  of 
one  year,  and  shall  be  eligible 
for  re-election.  He  shall  collect 
any  dues,  assessments,  fines,  and 
house  charges  that  may  be  im- 
posed by  the  Board  of  Gover- 
nors. 

ARTICLE  VII 
Board  of  Governors 

Section  i.  The  Board  of  Gov- 
ernors shall  consist  of  the  Presi- 
dent, the  Vice-President,  and  six 
others,  to  be  elected  by  ballot 
at  each  annual  meeting  of  the 


14  Constitution 

Club,  two  from  the  Faculty  or 
Graduate  members  and  four 
from  the  Undergraduates,  to 
hold  office  for  one  year  and  until 
their  successors  are  elected.  This 
board  shall  have  general  charge 
of  the  aiFairs  of  the  Club,  and 
shall  report  to  the  Club  at  each 
annual  meeting. 

Section  2.  Directly  after  each 
annual  meeting  the  Board  of 
Governors  shall  elect  from  the 
Undergraduate  members  a  Trea- 
surer. They  shall  also  elect  from 
the  Graduate  or  Faculty  mem- 
bers a  Chairman  of  the  House 
Committee,  and  these  two,  with 
the  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Admissions,  shall  thereafter 
ex  officio  be  members  of  the  Board 
of  Governors;  shall  appoint 
from  the  Faculty  or  Graduate 
members   or    from    outside  the 


Constitution  i  ^ 

club  membership  a  Librarian  for 
two  years,and  shall  appoint  from 
the  Undergraduate  members  of 
the  Club  the  Secretary  and  two 
members  of  the  House  Com- 
mittee to  serve  one  year.  It  shall 
also  elect  an  Entertainment  Com- 
mittee of  five  members.  At  least 
one  member  of  each  of  the  two 
committees  above  named  shall 
be  from  the  Faculty  or  Graduate 
members  of  the  Club,  and  the 
others  may  be  from  the  Under- 
graduate members. 

Section  3 .  The  Board  of  Gover- 
nors shall  meet  regularly  directly 
after  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Club,  during  the  third  week  of 
October  in  each  year,  and  special 
meetings  may  be  called  by  order 
of  the  President  or  of  the  House 
Committee.  Five  members  shall 
constitute  a  quorum. 


J  6         Constitution 

Section^.  The  Board  of  Gover- 
nors shall  fill  any  vacancy  in  its 
number  or  among  the  officers  or 
committees  by  the  election  of 
a  member  to  hold  office  until 
the  next  annual  election  and 
until  his  successor  is  elected  or 
appointed. 

Sections-  The  Board  of  Gover- 
nors shall  have  power  to  remit 
penalties  for  offences  against  the 
rules. 

Section  6.  The  Board  of  Gov- 
ernors may  by  vote  offer  the 
privileges  of  the  Club,  for  such 
period  as  it  may  deem  fitting, 
to  any  visitor  in  New  Haven  to 
whom  in  its  opinion  the  hospi- 
tality of  the  Club  may  be  ex- 
tended, but  shall  not  offer  the 
privileges  of  the  Club  to  resi- 
dents of  New  Haven. 


Constitution         1 7 

ARTICLE  IX 
House  Committee 

The  House  Committee,subject 
to  the  direction  and  control  of 
the  Board  of  Governors,  shall 
have  charge  of  the  Club  House, 
and  shall  appoint  and  dismiss 
employees,  receive  complaints, 
purchase  furniture  and  supplies, 
and  shall  report  to  the  Board 
of  Governors  to  the  end  that 
the  building  and  equipment  may- 
be kept  in  good  order  and  repair. 

ARTICLE  X 

Committee  on  Admissions — 
Election  of  ^f embers 

Section  i.  The  Committee  on 
Admissions  shall  consist  of  eight 
members  to  be  elected  by  ballot 
(four  from  the  Faculty  or  Gra- 
duate members  and  four  from 


1 8         Constitution 

the  Undergraduate  members)  at 
each  annual  meeting  of  the  Club, 
to  hold  office  for  one  year  and 
until  their  successors  are  elected, 
and  the  Secretary  of  the  Club, 
who  shall  have  no  vote  in 
the  committee.  Candidates  for 
membership  must  be  proposed 
and  seconded  by  members  of 
the  Club,  in  writing,  by  letters 
addressed  to  the  Committee  on 
Admissions,  which  shall  state 
the  name,  residence,  and  class,  if 
undergraduate,  and  otherwise 
occupation  of  the  candidate,  and 
such  other  facts  as  will  give  the 
Committee  on  Admissions  infor- 
mation concerning  his  qualifica- 
tions for  membership  in  the  Club. 
The  names  of  candidates,  with 
residence,  class,  or  present  occu- 
pation, together  with  the  names 
of  the  proposer  and  seconder. 


Constitution         1 9 

shall  then  be  posted  in  the  Club 
House  for  at  least  two  weeks 
before  any  further  action  can 
be  taken  by  the  Committee  on 
Admissions.  The  proceedings  of 
this  Committee  shall  be  secret 
and  confidential,  and  no  candi- 
date for  membership  shall  even 
be  informed  by  the  Committee 
or  any  member  of  the  Club  that 
his  name  is  under  consideration 
or  has  been  proposed.  Two 
negative  ballots  shall  be  sufficient 
to  defer  consideration  of  a  candi- 
date's name  until  the  next  meet- 
ing of  the  Committee,  but  such 
postponement  shall  occur  but 
once.  No  candidate  shall  be 
elected  by  less  than  four  affirma- 
tive ballots. 

Section  2.  No  member  of  the 
Committee  on  Admissions  shall 
propose  or  second  any  candidate 


10         Constitution 

for  membership.  The  Commit- 
tee on  Admissions  shall  meet  at 
least  once  a  month,  except  in 
July,  August,  and  September, 
and  oftener  if  it  shall  be  so 
voted. 

ARTICLE  XI 
Entertainment  Committee 
The  Entertainment  Commit- 
tee, subject  to  the  direction  of 
the  Board  of  Governors,  shall 
arrange  for  such  social  and 
literary  meetings  as  will  in  their 
judgment  best  promote  the  in- 
terests and  purposes  of  the  Club. 

ARTICLE  XII 

Aleetin^s  and  Elections 

Section  i .  The  Club  shall  meet 
annually  for  the  election  of 
officers  and  the  transaction  of 
other  business,  on   the   second 


Constitution  2 1 
Monday  in  May  of  each  year. 
The  term  of  officers  so  elected 
shall  begin  with  the  first  of  June 
following. 

Section  2.  The  Board  of  Gov- 
ernors shall  prior  to  each  annual 
meeting  of  the  Club  appoint 
from  the  Club  at  large,  and  not 
from  their  own  number,  a  nomi- 
nating committee  of  five,  whose 
names  shall  be  immediately 
posted.  This  nominating  com- 
mittee shall  nominate  a  ticket 
of  candidates  for  the  offices  to 
be  filled  j  but  the  Secretary  shall, 
on  the  written  request  of  ten 
members,  post  names  of  any 
other  candidates  when  received 
by  him. 

Section  3 .  Special  meetings  of 
the  Club  may  be  called  at  any 
time  by  the  Board  of  Governors, 
and  shall  be  called  by  them  upon 


2  2  Constitution 
the  written  request  of  twenty- 
five  members  specifying  the  ob- 
ject of  such  meeting .  A  notice  ot 
each  meeting,  stating  the  object 
for  which  it  is  called,  shall  be 
posted  in  the  Club  House. 

Section  4.  Thirty  members 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  at  any 
meeting  of  the  Club. 

ARTICLE  XIII 

\lcmhrrs 

Section  i.  The  membership  of 
this  Club  shall  be  divided  into 
Faculty,  Graduate,  and  Under- 
graduate members,  all  possessing 
equal  right  of  voting,  with  a 
fourth  class  to  be  known  as 
Honorary  members,  possessing 
no  voting  power  and  ineligible 
for  office,  except  as  hereafter 
provided. 


Constitution  23 
Section  2.  Faculty  members 
shall  never  exceed  twenty  in 
number  and  shall  be  chosen  from 
professors,  assistant  professors, 
instructors,  administrative  offi- 
cers, and  others  in  active  service 
in  Yale  University,  who  are  not 
graduates  of  Yale  University. 
Upon  the  retirement  of  any 
Faculty  member  from  active  ser- 
vice  in  the  University  he  shall 
forthwith  cease  to  be  a  Faculty 
member  of  this  Club  and  shall 
become  instead  an  Honorary 
member  thereof 

Section  3.  Graduate  Members. 
Any  person  who  shall  have  gra- 
duated from  Yale  College  or  from 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of 
Yale  University  shall  be  eligible 
for  election  as  a  Graduate  mem- 
ber of  this  Club,  whether  or  not 
he  be  connected  with  the  Faculty 


24  Constitution 
of  Yale  University.  There  shall 
not,  however,  be  more  than 
twenty  Graduate  members  of 
this  Club  at  any  one  time  who 
are  graduates  of  any  one  class 
of  Yale  College  or  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  Univer- 
sity. 

Section  4.  %)nder graduate  Mem- 
hers.  Any  person  in  the  Senior, 
Junior,  or  Sophomore  classes 
of  Yale  College  and  Senior  or 
Junior  classes  of  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  of  Yale  Univer- 
sity shall  be  eligible  for  election 
as  an  Undergraduate  member  of 
this  Club,  provided,  however, 
that  there  shall  never  be  more 
than  twenty  members  from  any 
single  class  of  Yale  College  or 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  in 
the  Club  membership  at  any  one 
time.     Not  more  than  five  mem- 


Constitution         25- 

bers  shall  be  chosen  from  any 
single  class  of  Yale  College  be- 
fore May  of  Sophomore  year  and 
not  more  than  ten  more  before 
May  of  Junior  year.  Not  more 
than  fifteen  members  shall  be 
chosen  from  any  single  class  in 
the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of 
Yale  University  prior  to  May  of 
Junior  year.  Upon  the  gradua- 
tion of  Undergraduate  mem- 
bers, or  upon  their  leaving  the 
University,  they  shall  forthwith 
become  Graduate  members.  No 
additional  members  from  their 
class  shall  thereafter  be  elected 
to  Graduate  membership  by  the 
Committee  on  Admissions  in  any 
case  without  the  approval  of  a 
majority  of  the  former  Under- 
graduate members  of  that  class 
still  living ;  and  in  no  case  shall 
there  be  more  than  twenty  mem- 

D 


26         Constitution 

bers  from  such  class  in  the  Club 
membership  at  any  one  time. 

Section  f.  Honorary  I^dembers. 
In  addition  to  Faculty  members 
who  may  leave  the  active  service 
in  the  University  and  may  thus 
become  Honorary  members  there 
may  be  elected  other  Honorary 
members  of  the  Club,  whether 
Yale  Graduates  or  not,  provided 
that  there  shall  never  be  more 
than  forty  elected  Honorary 
members  in  the  Club  member- 
ship at  any  one  time,  in  distinc- 
tion from  those  transferred  from 
any  other  list.  Honorary  mem- 
bers shall  be  ineligible  for  office, 
shall  have  no  vote  in  meetings 
of  the  Club,  and  shall  not  serve 
upon  any  of  the  standing  com- 
mittees mentioned,  except  that 
an  Honorary  member  may  hold 
the  office  of  Librarian. 


Constitution         27 

Section  6.  Resignations  of 
memberships  shall  be  made  in 
writing  to  the  Secretary,  and 
shall  be  acted  upon  by  the  Board 
of  Governors,  and  accepted, 
provided  all  indebtedness  to  the 
Club  shall  have  been  discharged. 

Section  7.  Any  member  may 
be  censured,  suspended,  or  ex- 
pelled, for  cause,  by  a  vote  of 
three-fourths  of  the  Board  of 
Governors,after  notice  in  writing 
of  the  time  and  place  of  the 
hearing  and  a  copy  of  the  charges 
preferred  against  him  shall  have 
been  sent  to  him  by  registered 
mail  at  his  address  upon  the 
Secretary's  books,  not  less  than 
ten  days  before  the  date  of  the 
proposed  hearing,  and  an  oppor- 
tunity then  afforded  to  him  to 
be  heard  before  the  Board  of 
Governors. 


28         Constitution 

ARTICLE  XIV 
Amendments 

These  by-laws  may  be  amended 
by  a  vote  of  three- fourths  of  the 
members  present  or  represented 
by  proxy  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Club  regularly  called  and  held ; 
but  no  proposed  amendment 
shall  be  voted  upon  unless  a  copy 
thereof  shall  have  been  furnished 
to  the  Secretary  at  least  four 
weeks  before  the  meeting  at 
which  action  is  to  be  taken 
thereon.  The  Secretary  shall 
thereupon  cause  the  proposed 
amendment  to  be  printed  and 
posted  in  the  Club  House  at  least 
three  weeks  beforehand. 


FIRST  AND  OTHER   RARE 

EDITIONS   IN   THE 

CLUB  LIBRARY 

Appian.    History  of  the  Roman  wars. 
1^78 
„  History,  tr.  by  J.  Da  vies.    KS'yp 

Appius  and  Virginia,  by  R.  B.     15-7^ 
Arrian.     Alexander's  expedition,  tr.  by 

John  Rooke.     172.9 
Bacon,  Francis.     Advancement  of  learn- 
ing.   1^05 
„  „  Essays.     1^97 

„  „  Essays.  First  complete 

edition.     i6i^ 
Bale,  J.     Chief  promises  of  God.     1^38 
Barnes,  B.     The  devil's  charter.     i6'07 
Beaumont   and   Fletcher.     Comedies  8c 

Tragedies.     16^47 
Campion,  T.     Flowers.     1(^14, 
Carew,  E.     Mariam.     161^ 
Carew,  T.    Coelum  Britannicum.    KJ'^f 
Carlell,  L.     Heraclius.     166^ 
Cartwright,W.  The  royal  slave.  Oxford. 
1639 


30     Rare  Editions  in 

Chamberlain,  R.    The  swaggering  dam- 
sel.    1^40 
Chapman,  G.    Caesar  and  Pompey.  \6-i^\ 
„         J,     Chabot,       Admiral       of 

France.     i<J3(? 
J,         „     The  conspiracy  and  tra- 
gedy of  Byron.     \6o% 
5,        5,     Eastward  Ho.     16^05: 
J,        „     The  gentleman  usher.  \6o6 
J,         „     May-day.     16^11 
„         5,     The  widow's  tears.    16^1  x 
Chettle,  H.     Hoffman.    1^51 
Cicero.     Old  Age,  tr.  by  T.  Newton. 

Common  conditions.    [?  15"  76] 
Contention    between    the    two    famous 

houses,  Lancaster  and  York.     \6\^ 
Courtier's  calling.     1675: 
Davenant,  Sir  W.     The  cruel   brother. 
\6'i,o 
„  ,,     „      The  platonic  lovers. 

Davenport,  R.     New  trick  to  cheat  the 

devil.     16^35) 
Day,  J.     Blind  beggar  of  Bednal  Green. 

„    „     Isle  of  Gulls.     i()33 
Declaration  of  Lords  &  Commons,  and 
ordinances  for  suppressing  stage  plays. 
16  \i 


the  Cliih  Library     3 1 

Dekker,  T.     Westward  Ho.    id'oj 

„        „      Whore  of  Babylon.     KS'07 
Demosthenes.  Orations,  tr.  by  T.  Wilson. 

15-70 
Fair  Em.    k^^i 

Fletcher,  J.     The  bloody  brother.     1^3^ 
„        „     The  elder  brother.    i<^37 
„        „     Monsieur  Thomas.     i6'39 
„        „     The  night  walker.    16 \o 
„        „     Rule  a  wife  and  have  a  wife. 

16^40 
„        „     Thierry,   king    of   France. 

\6i\ 
,,        „     Two  noble  kinsmen.    i<^3'f 
„     The  woman-hater.    i6'o7 
P.    Sicelides  a  Piscatory.    1(^31 
Fancies  chaste  and  noble.    1(^3  8 
The   lover's    melancholy,   etc. 

Perkin  Warbeck.     i<5'34- 
The  sun's  darling.     [16^56^?] 
„     „    'Tis  pity  she's  a  whore.     1633 
Fulwell,  U.     Like  will  to  like.     1587 
Gascoigne,  G.     The    glass   of   govern- 
ment.    1575- 
Gellius,  A.     The    Attic   nights,  tr.  by 

W.  Beloe.     3  v.     179T 
Greene,  T.     A  poet's  vision.     i()'o3 
Harrington,  Sir  J.     Epigrams.     i6^iy 
Herrick,  R.     Hespe rides.     1^48 


Fletcher. 
Ford,  J. 


5J         J> 


32     Rare  Editions  in 

Heywood,  J.     Four  P.     [?i^43] 
Heywood,  T.  An    apology    for    actors. 

„         „    The  English  traveller.  i6'33 
„         „    The  golden  age.     16^11 
„         „    If  you  know  not  me,  you 
know  nobody.    1601^-06 
„         „    Pleasant     dialogues     and 
dramas.     1^37 
Holyday,  B.     Technogamia.     i(5'i8 
Homer.    Iliad,  tr.  by  G.  Chapman.  i^p8 
Horace.     Art  of  poetry,  Englished   by 

Ben  Jonson.     16^4.0 
Ingelend,  T.     The     disobedient     child. 

[?i5(Jo] 
Jacob  and  Esau.     1 5'6^8 
Jonson,  B.  Entertainmentof  King  James. 
1604. 
„      „    Volpone.     16^07 
„      „    Works,     \6\6-\o 
Jonsonus  Virbius,  or  the  memory  of  Ben 

Jonson  revived.     16^38 
King    and    Queen's    entertainment    at 

Richmond.     i^^G 
Knave  in  grain  new  vamped.     16^40 
Livy.     Roman  history,  tr.  by  P.  Holland. 

1^00 
London  Prodigal.     \6o'^ 
Longinus.    The  sublime,  tr.  by  W.  Smith. 

174-3 


the  Club  Library    33 

Lyiy,  J.     Endimion.     i^-^i 

„     „     Sapho  and  Phao.     ly^i 
Mabbe,  J.     The  Spanish  bawd.     1^31 
Marlowe,  C.    Hero  and  Leander.     i6ix 
Marmion,  S.     The  antiquary.     16^1 
Marston,  J.    What  you  will,    1(^07 
Massinger,  P.    The  emperor  of  the  East. 
16^31 
„  „     The  fatal  dowry.     1(^31 

„  „     The      great     duke     of 

Florence.     1616 
„  „     The  maid  of  honor.    16-^1. 

„  „     A  new  way  to  pay  old 

debts.     KJ53 
„  „     The  picture.     16^0 

„  ,,     The  renegado.     1630 

„  „     The    unnatural   combat. 

A  game  at  chess.    16^15" 

Michaelmas  term.    160"] 

„     No  wit,   no  help,  like 

a  woman's,     id^/ 
„     Two  new  plays.    16  5* 7 
„     Your  five  gallants.   166  f 
Paradise  lost.     i66y 
Paradise  regained  &  Samson 
Agonistes.     i6-ji 
More,  Sir  T.     Utopia.     i5'5'i 
Nabbcs,  T.    Microcosmos.     1^37 
E 


Middleton,  T. 


Milton,  J. 


34     Rare  Editions  in 

New  custom.     15-75 

Ovid.    Metamorphoses,tr.by  A.GoIding. 

Pathomachia.     1^30 

Paynell,  T.     The  conspiracy  of  Catiline. 

IV.     ITT7 
Peele,  G.  The  love  of  King  David  and 

Fair  Bethsabe.     1599 
Phillip,  J.     Patient   and   meek   Grisel. 

Philostratus.     Life  of  Apollonius,  tr.  by 

C.  Blount.     \6%o 
Plautus.     Comedies,  tr.  by  B.  Thornton. 

5:  V.     17^9-74- 
Pliny.     History  of  the  world,  tr.  by  P. 

Holland,     i  v.     16^01 
Pliny  the  younger.     Letters,  tr.  by  John, 

EarlofOrley.     2  v.     175-1 
Plutarch.     Lives,  tr.  by  T.  North,     a  v. 
id'io-ix 
„  Morals,  tr.   by  P.  Holland. 

i6'o3 
The  Puritan.     16^07 
Queen's     Majesty's     passage     through 

London.     15  5- 8 
Randolph,  T.     Poems.     Oxford.     1(^38 
Return  from  Parnassus.     1 606 
Rowley,  S.     The  noble  soldier.     16^34. 
Rowley,  W.     A  new  wonder,  a  woman 

never  vexed.     16^3 x 


the  Cluh  Library    35- 

Rowley,  W.     The  witch  of  Edmonton. 

1658 
Seneca.     Tragedies,  tr.  by  T.  Newton. 
15-81 
„      Works,     tr.     by    T.     Lodge. 
16^14. 
Shakespeare.     Comedies,  histories,  and 
tragedies.  First  folio. 

zd  folio.     16^32 
3d  folio,  istissue.  \66% 
3d  folio.  2d  issue.  16^6^4 
4.th  folio.     16%^ 
Hamlet,     id  ed.     \6o\. 
3,  4th  ed.     1(5^11 

„  [?  1^3^-7] 

Henry  IV.   Parti,    ad  ed. 

4th  ed.  i6'i3 

5'th  ed.  i<^i3 

Henry IV.  Partz.    isted. 
1^00 

Henry  V.  ist  ed.     \6oo 


5> 
5> 
J> 

5> 

„  „  ^d  ed.     i<^o8 

„  Julius  Caesar,    ist  quarto. 

id8o 
„  King  Lear,    id  ed.    i6'o8 

„  Lucrece.     ist  ed.     1^5)4 

„  Merchant  of  Venice,     ist 

ed.     16^00 


1 6     Rare  Editions  in 

Shakespeare.     Merchant  of  Venice,     id 
ed.     1600 
„  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

id  ed.     161^ 
„  Midsummer      night's 

dream,    isted.    i()Oo 
„  ad  ed.     i<5'oo 

„  Much  ado  about  nothing. 

ist  ed.     i6'o8 
„  Othello,     ist  ed.     161.1 

„  „  idquarto.  1630 

„  Pericles,     ist  ed.     i^op 

„  „  3d  ed.     1^19 

Poems.     i6\.o 
Richard  II.    3d  ed.    1^08 
Richard  III.    isted.    if^y 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  id  ed. 

-    [?  1630] 

1(^37 
Sonnets,     ist  ed.     \6o^ 
„  Taming  of  the  shrew,   ist 

quarto.     i<^3i 
„  Titus     Andronicus.       id 

known  ed.     kS"!! 
„  Troilus  and  Cressida.   ist 

ed.     \6o^ 
„  Venus  and  Adonis,    id  ed. 

Sl-iirley,  J.     The  ball.     1^39 


the  Club  Ldbrary     n 

Shirley,  J.  The  constant  maid.     i6\o 

„       „  The  coronation.     \6\o 

J,       „  The  duke's  mistress.     i6i% 

„       „  The  gamester,     id'gy 

„      „  The  gentleman  of  Venice. 

„       „     The  humorous  courtier.  \6\o 
„       „     The  politician.     1(^5^ 
„       „     The  royal  master.     id'jS 
„       „     St.  Patrick  for  Ireland.    16^40 
„       „    The  triumph  of  peace.    i<^3g 
„       „     The  witty  fair  one.     16^33 

Sir  Giles  Goosecap.     \6o6 

Sir  John  Oldcastle.     1600 

Spenser,  E.     Colin  Clout's  come  home 
again.     iy^5 
„        „     Complaints.     lypi 
„        „     Fairy  Queen.     \%()o-f)6 

Suckling,  Sir  J.     The  discontented  colo- 
nel. [?i64.o] 
„  „      Fragmenta aurea.  i6\6 

Swetnam  the  woman-hater,     16^20 

Tacitus.     Annals,  tr.  by  R.  Grenewey. 
1504. 

Terence.    Andria,  tr.  by  M.  Kyffin.    1 5^  8 8 

Theocritus.     Idylliums,  tr.  by  F.  Fawkes. 

Thomas,  Lord  Cromwell,    id  ed.    161% 
Tourneur,   C.     The   atheist's    tragedy. 
16^11 


i\ 


38       Rare  Editions 

Troublesome  reign  of  King  John.    3  d  ed . 

Tyrius  Maximus.     Dissertations,  tr.  by 

T.  Taylor,     a  v.     1804. 
Valiant  Scot.     16^37 

Vergil,     ^neid,  tr.  by  Phaer  &  Twyne. 
15-83 

„         The  Bucolics,  tr.  by  A.  F.    1 589 
WapuU,  G.     The  tide  tarrieth  no  man. 

Webster,  J.     Appius  &  Virginia.     1^54. 

„         „     The  devil's  law-case.    K^i^ 

Woodes,  N.     Tiie  conflict  of  conscience. 

1581 
Xenophon.     Treatise  of  Household,  tr. 

by  G.  Hervet.     1534. 
Yorkshire  Tragedy,     ad  ed.     16^19 
Youth.    The  Interlude  of  Youth.    [Pij-^^] 


THE   CLUB   PICTURES 


PAINTINGS 

Elihu  Yale  and  his  son.     Third  known 

portrait 
Queen  Elizabeth.     Panel 

ENGRAVINGS 

Boccaccio,  after  Titian  by  Cornelius  Van 

Dalen 
Columbus,  by  de  Passe 
Vespucci,  by  de  Passe 
Erasmus,  by  Jerome  Hopfer 
Erasmus,   after    Holbein   by   Cornelius 

Koning 
Henry  VIII,  by  Cornelius  Metsys.    1 544 
Edward  VI,  by  Crispin  de  Passe.    161^ 
Mary  I,  by  Franz  Hogenberg.     1555' 
Elizabeth,  by  Crispin  de  Passe 
Elizabeth,  after  Isaac  Oliver  by  Crispin 

de  Passe 
Robert  Dudley,  Earl  of  Leicester.    Silver 

plate 
Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  by  Simon  de  Passe 
Sir  Francis  Drake,  c.  15:83.     Engraver 

unknown 


40    The  Club  Tictures 

Thomas  Cavendish,  by  de  Passe 

Sir  John  Harrington,  by  Reginald  Els- 

tracke 
Sir  Francis  Bacon.     After  i6r6 
Sir  Francis  Bacon,  by  Jacobus  Houbraken 
Robert,  Earl  of  Essex,  after  Bromley  by 

Robert  Boissard 
Shakespeare,    by   Jacobus    Houbraken. 

I74B 
James  I,  by  Pieter  de  Jode 

Ben  Jonson,  by  Jacobus  Houbraken 

Captain  John  Smith,  by  Simon  de  Passe 

Charles  I,  by  Wenceslaus  Hollar.     1649 

Samuel  Pepys,  after  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller 

by  Robert  White 
Cecil,  Lord  Baltimore,  by  Abraham  Bloote- 

ling 
William  Pitt,  after  S.de  Doster  by  George 

Keating 
Edmund  Burke,  after  Romney  by  John 

Jones 
George  Washington,  after  Stuart,  pro- 
bably by  Geo.  Graham.     1801 
Charles,  Marquis  Cornwallis,  after  Sir 

Wm.  Beechey  by  James  Ward 
Charles  James  Fox,  after  Opie  by  Samuel 

Wm.  Reynolds 
Lord  Nelson,  after  L.  F.  Abbot  by  Richard 

Earlom 


HONORARY   MEMBERS 

William  Loring  Andrews 
George  Pierce  Baker 
Simeon  Eben  Baldwin 
Beverly  Chew 
Theodore  Low  De  Vinne 
Horace  Howard  Furness 
Charles  Mills  Gayley 
Francis  Barton  Gummere 
Arthur  Twining  Hadley 
Abraham  Valentine  Williams  Jack- 
son 
Thomas  Raynesford  Lounsbury 
John  Matthews  Manly 
George  Arthur  Plimpton 
Felix  Emmanuel  Schelling 
John  Christopher  Schwab 
Anson  Phelps  Stokes 
Barrett  Wendell 
William  A.  White 
George  Edward  Woodberry 

F 


MEMBERS     - 

Gary  Abbott 

Wilbur  Cortez  Abbott 

John  Chester  Adams 

Arthur  Edward  Baker 

Charles  Montague  Bakewell 

Alexander  Humphrey  Beard 

Thomas  Beer 

Henry  Augustin  Beers 

John  Milton  Berdan 

Julian  Cornell  Biddle 

Edward  Seymour  Blair 

Charles  Frederick  Tucker  Brooke 

Cyril  Brown 

Joseph  Epes  Brown,  Jr. 

William  Christian  Bullitt 

Robert  Lincoln  Campbell 

Henry  Seidel  Canby 

George  Garvin  Chandler 

George  Shepard  Chappell 


Members  43 

Charles  Cameron  Clarke 
Alexander  Smith  Cochran 
GiFFORD  Alexander  Cochran 
James  Fenimore  Cooper 
Ambrose  Coghill  Cramer 
Jack  Randall  Crawford 
Raymond  Moreau  Crosby 
Wilbur  Lucius  Cross 
Eric  Powell  Dawson 
Clarence  Shepard  Day,  Jr. 
Clive  Day 
George  Parmly  Day 
George  Edward  Dimock 
Sutherland  Cook  Dows 

WiLLARD  HiGLEY  DuRHAM 

HoLLON  Augustine  Farr 
Robert  Dudley  French 
Edwin  Baker  Gager 
Arthur  Amory  Gammell 
Franklin  Williams  Glazier 
Maitland  Fuller  Griggs 
Edmond  Byrne  Hackett 


44  Members 

Samuel  Burdett  Hemingway 
George  Lincoln  Hendrickson 
Richard  Dwight  Hillis 
William  Ernest  Hocking 
William  Brian  Hooker 
Frederick  Scheetz  Jones 
Hewette  El  well  Joyce 
Andrew  Keogh 
Francis  William  Kittredge 
William  Siebert  Lambie 
Harold  Morton  Landon 
Henry  Rosemann  Lang 
Thomas  Armitage  Larremore 
Charlton  Miner  Lewis 
Edward  Crary  Lord 
Frederick  Bliss  Luqijiens 
Hue  Mazalet  Luquiens 
Henry  Noble  MacCracken 
William  Pitt  McCune 
Lawrence  Mason 
James  Edward  Meeker 
Charles  Edmund  Merrill 


Members  4f 

GOUVERNEUR  MoRRIS 

Gerald  Clery  Murphy 
George  Henry  Nettleton 
Newbold  Noyes 
Edwin  Sidney  Oviatt 
Charles  Abram  Parcells 
Addison  Julius  Parry 
Theodore  Samuel  Parsons 
Charles  Henry  Paul 
Bernadotte  Perrin 
William  Lyon  Phelps 
Frederick  Erastus  Pierce 
Harry  Cushing  Piper 
LuciAN  Platt 
Philip  Skinner  Platt 
Theodore  Pyle 
Hewstone  Knight  Raymenton 
Edward  Bliss  Reed 
Thomas  Lawrason  Riggs 
Francis  Bayard  Rives 
Nathaniel   Edward   Caldwell 
Rutter 


4<J  Members 

Robert  Louis  Sanderson 
Harold  Durston  Saylor 
Charles  Seymour 
Allan  Shelden 
Charles  Henry  Smith 
David  Stanley  Smith 
Alexander  Campbell  Tener 
Chauncey  Brewster  Tinker 
Daniel  Grant  Tomlinson 
Charles  Cutler  Torrey 
Henry  Emerson  Tuttle 
Aaron  Augustus  Vanderpoel 
WiLLisTON  Walker 
Vanderbilt  Webb 
Thomas  Bucklin  Wells 
Arnold  Whitridge 
Frederick  Wells  Williams 
Wayland  Wells  Williams 
Theodore  Salisbury  Woolsey 


^G?Ji®, 


m 

hj 


f 


This  booh  is  DUE  on  the  last 
date  stamped  below 


1 

i 

■ 

5m-2,'31 

1 

UNIVERSITY 


RiNJIA 


A' 


UC  SOUTHERN  REGIONAL  LIBRARY  FACILITY 


AA      000  071  119    2 


